Servicemen and Families Connected Across the Nation
Incoming and departing service members and their families are noted in a roundup. Elmer V. Foulkes transfers from San Diego to San Francisco. others include furloughs, promotions, and arrivals in and from bases in California, England, Italy, North Africa, and Texas with details of homes and relatives in Marion, Center Point, Anamosa, and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Athey
Navy
Mrs. Athey
San Diego
Calif
Norfolk
Ed Emanuel
Midway Drive
Harold Athey
Fifth Avenue
Emanuel
Harold S. Andrews
Australia
San Francisco
Lisle Andrews
New Guinea
Pfe
Lester Chittick
Nashville
Tenn
Third Avenue
Roy Chittick
Eleventh Street
Charles L. Dulin
England
Washington Avenue
Leonard Hallquist
Fort Dix
N. J
Victor Hallquist
Fifth Street
Clifford W. Frank
San Diego, Calif. Marine Base
Marine Band
Marion L. Randel
The
Coast Artillery
Fort Bliss
Texas
Grover Steiger
E Avenue
H. H. Erixson
Carl Randel
Elin
Randel
Alaska
Aleutians
Attu
Donald C. Colgan
Naval Net Depot
Boston
Mass
Gazette
Wallace K. Oldfather
Bennett High School
Italy
Twelfth Air Force
Oldfather
Marion
Armed Services
J. R. Hawkins
Tunisia
Sicily
Salerno
Bernita M. Fee
Frank Fee
Center Point
Cpl. Fee
Santa Ana
Marine Corps Air Station
Chigger Details Share Insect’s Dreadful Bites
An article warns that chiggers are insidious carnivorous insects that target the waist and ankles, digging in to feed for long periods. It notes severe itching worsens with scratching and mentions soldiers bearing scars from past maneuvers.
U S Occupation of Aleutian Isle Details Fortified
U S forces landed on Shemya in fog during the Attu campaign and quickly fortified the small island. The operation involved Fourth Infantry troops under Brig. Gen. John E. Copeland and Alaskan scouts. Engineers reshaped beaches, built piers, roads, and structures, turning Shemya into a key link in Aleutian defenses with no enemy contact reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaskan Department
Shemya
Aleutians
Fourth Infantry
John E. Copeland
Hollywood
Calif
Attu
United States
Aleutian
Supreme Court sets federal standard for worker status
The Supreme Court ruled that under the Wagner Act a worker's status is defined by federal law, granting broad NLRB powers in doubtful cases. Fulltime Los Angeles newsboys and checkmen selling papers are deemed employees, not independent contractors, guaranteeing the right to collective bargaining with publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express
Examiner, News and Times
Workers’ Union
Los Angeles Newsboys Local Industrial Union
Speeds Past Squad Car fined for reckless driving
W B Stevens of Marion route 3 was fined 105 dollars plus costs on two traffic charges by Police Judge Harry S Johnson. He sped past a cruising squad car on First avenue in Kenwood, chased by Patrolmen Murphy Davis and Henry Overman, and caught on the bridge into Marion. He was clocked over 75 mph and also cited for operating without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W B. Stevens
Marion
Harry S. Johnson
Stevens
First Avenue
Kenwood
Murphy Davis
Henry Overman
Youth SLEW Mother In Grand Rapids Urge to Kill
17 year old Marvin Rawson confessed to prosecutors that he killed his mother Blanche Rawson with a shotgun in the family dining room. He said the act came from an urge to kill and he reported the slaying to police after wandering the city for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Monson
Bolt
Marvin Rawson
Blanche Rawson
Young Rawson
Albert F. Scheiern
Uun
Curtin Pledges Reciprocal Use Of Aussie Bases
Australia Prime Minister Curtin pledged reciprocal landing rights for the United States and other nations and called for an international aviation authority after the war. He stressed Australia would retain sovereignty while aiding Allied operations and urged a permanent British Empire council to regularize mutual talks. Curtin noted immigration hopes and described MacArthur’s Hollandia operation as an American invasion thrust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Australia
John Curtin
United States
Curtin
America
Douglas MacArthur
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
MacArthur
Humboldt Bay
Japan
South Pacific
Europe
Council of the
British Empire
Lost Battalion Of Timor Rescued By Dutch Forces
The so called lost battalion of Timor, weak from malaria and dysentery after a year of guerilla fighting, was saved by the Dutch destroyer Tjerk Hiddes. It evacuated 700 Dutch and Australian troops, 30 nuns and priests, and 300 Portuguese civilians as fighting continued nearby. An airlift supplied boots and quinine while Australian and Dutch units held off Japanese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Ocean
Timor
Timor Sea
Tjerk Hiddes
Australia
Couple Fined For Disorderly Conduct After Hotel Arrest
A couple arrested at a local hotel Monday night by Detectives Harley Simon and Jake Stusak pled guilty to disorderly conduct and were fined $25 plus costs each by Police Judge Harry S. Johnson. The hotel had requested the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Simon
Jake Stusak
M. H. McBride
Y.M.C.A
Nancy Casteel
Wilson Avenue
Harry S. Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elmer V. Foulkes
Fourth Street
R. H. Beadle
Fort Monmouth
H. F. Beadle
Center Point Road
Wiliam J. Miller
John Miller
Eighth Avenue SW
Rita Mae Drake
the Waves
United States Navy Hospital
Bainbridge
Karl Drake
Dorothy Drake
Washington, D. C
Richard Drake
Robert Drake
Vernon H. Kohl
Quartermaster Administration School
San Diego, Calif., Marine Base
Dave
Mt. Vernon Road
D. W. Kohl
Pvt
Virgil L. Matheny
Camp Dodge
Edward W. Rocarek
Farragut
Idaho
Hospital Corps
Second Street St
John T. Matheny
Jefferson Barracks, Mo
George J. Kanellis
North Africa
Fourteenth Street
Stanley T. Morrison
Ellington Field
Majore
Army Air Field
Jack Johnson
Anamosa
Richard
Dick” Topinka
North Camp Polk
A Joe Topinka
C Street
Dean Stucker
Army Air Forces
O. D. Stucker
Robert L. Nunn
Michael Nunn
Belmont Parkway
Second Avenue
Edward Teahen
Camp Ward
Ay Teahen
Della E. Foster
WAC
Fort Bragg
N. C
Edith Brown
Third Street
Roy Foster
William Fos
Camp Callan
Lloyd B. Foster
J.g
Iowa City
Fort Schuyler
N. Y
George Foster
Topaz
Williams
Chigger
U. S
Aleutian Isle
Pierre Loving
London
U.S
Fifth United States Air Force
Hollandia Village
Challenger Cove Harbor
John W. Phillips
Pittsburgh
Golden Rule Foundation
Delores Moran
Clark
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Admiralty Islands
Gulf of
Papa
Port Moresby
Coral
New Ireland
Rabaul
New Britain
Aitape
Robert Cutter
War Ballot Commission
A. L. Jordan
War Shipping Administration
James W. Broderick
Government Printing Office
Edward A. Hayes
U.S.N
Stettinius
United
Edward R. Stettinius
Louis G. Shadegg
Cheney, Wash
J Dimastion Son
Philadelphia
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